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Samantha Baita

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Site of Orchid’s new Town Hall on island seen ideal fit

After occupying an office in Wabasso on the mainland for a dozen or more years, Orchid’s Town Hall ...

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Oft-delayed Seaside Grill reopening now said imminent

Good news for hungry visitors to Jaycee Park – and this time, we are assured it is for ...

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‘Wow’ factor off the charts: McKee’s Waterlily Celebration

The local treasure that is McKee Botanical Garden is always a beautiful, soul-soothing place to spend time, and ...

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Big-hearted islanders respond to pet shelter’s plight

Three weeks after having to temporarily cease accepting animals for the first time in its 70-year history due ...

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Crossings to Vero’s vaunted beaches still in shabby shape

Vero Beach, known far and wide as the Hamptons of Florida for its many splendid beachfront homes and ...

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Crisis situation as shelter stops taking in animals

For the first time in 70 years, the Humane Society of Vero Beach has stopped taking in animals. ...

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Tangelo House, newly renovated old haunt, roars again in these ’20s

A once grand 1920’s apartment building in Royal Park that sat derelict for many years and was slated ...

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More than 400 apartments come online on Route 60

Eighteen huge new apartment buildings have sprung up, seemingly overnight, along a stretch of State Road 60 west ...

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Reopening on hold as problems plague ‘new’ Seaside Grill

One year after the old Seaside Grill served its last burger, the only thing coming out of the ...

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Wabasso Causeway: Long-awaited bridge work to get underway

An updated construction project designed to make the high-span portion of the Wabasso Causeway safer for cyclists and ...

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Very Great 8: Vero Opera ‘Rising Stars’ soar ever higher

Eight extraordinarily talented young singers, who are already making their voices heard in the lofty world of international ...

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Windsor treated to stirring ‘Broadway Meets Opera’ show

Vero Beach Opera wowed an appreciative Windsor audience with its presentation of ‘Broadway Meets Opera,’ featuring breathtaking voices, ...